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- Frank Ellsworth Dean
- An early Grand Junction, Colorado photographer, who began a photography studio there around 1887. He was born in Iowa to Benjamin Dean and Mary (Wickford) Dean. His father was a carpenter. His mother was a homemaker. US Census records show that the family had moved to Sedalia, Missouri by 1880, where Frank was already working as a photographer by the age of fifteen. He moved to Gunnison, Colorado in the early 1880’s and established himself as a photographer there. Colorado marriage records show that he married Lucy Mary Buckey in Gunnison on July 2, 1884. They had moved to Grand Junction by 1900, where Frank owned a prominent photography studio. They had five children, four daughters and one son, Preston. Frank lived near the YMCA.
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- Frank Elwood Kreps
- He was born in Colorado to John Arthur Kreps and Dorothy Mary (Tufly) Kreps. His parents were homesteading on Roan Creek when he was born. According to Kreps, the family left the homestead and moved to the Appleton area of Mesa County to stay with his mother’s parents while his father went to Atchee to look for mining work. The 1920 US Census shows the family living in Pomona, Colorado, when Frank was nine years old. The boys attended the Appleton School at that time. In that same census, Frank and his brother Roy are also shown living as lodgers with George and Juanita Ashburn at 554 Rood Avenue in Grand Junction. The entire family moved to Atchee when John Kreps gained employment with the Uintah Railway. John Kreps eventually left the Uintah for a job on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and the family moved to Grand Junction. Frank Kreps attended Grand Junction High School, where he was a sprinter on the track team, played basketball and football, and belonged to the G Club. He graduated in 1928. He traveled with his family during the summers while he was in school. He attended flying school in San Luis Obispo, California in 1929, but flying jobs were few during the Depression. The 1930 Census shows the Kreps family living in San Luis Obispo, where Frank was supporting the family with his work as a laborer on the Union Oil Company Pipeline. He returned to Grand Junction, where he married Fanny Peodt in Grand Junction in 1933. He struggled to find steady work and worked several odd jobs. He became an on-call fireman in 1935, but owned a service station at that time, and was not always available for duty. He became a full-time fireman on the Grand Junction Fire Department force in 1938. The 1940 Census shows the Kreps family living with their two children at 406 Chipeta Avenue, with Frank Kreps working as a fireman. He became the Fire Chief in 1954 and helped the department transition to newer, more effective fire-fighting techniques. He also oversaw the construction of new fire stations in town. *Photograph from the 1928 Grand Junction High School yearbook
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- Frank F. Harrison
- Obituary - Steamboat Pilot, Vol. 98, #47, June 16, 1983, page 2D FRANK HARRISON: 1896-1983. Frank Harrison, 86, passed away at the Routt Memorial Extended Care Center on Thursday, June 9. Memorial services were held at the United Methodist Church on Monday, June 13 at 2 p.m. The Rev. W. Spencer Wren was assisted by Eleanor Bliss and Dick Randolph. Henry Zehner, accompanied on the organ by Ayliffe Zehner, sang The Lord’s Prayer and My Task. Concluding the services was the Schubring-Cruse Post 4264, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Born in Fulton, Mo. on Aug. 4,1896, he was the son of U. Frank and Mary Virginia Jones Harrison. He came with his parents to Routt County in 1897. For a number of years prior to his death he lived and ranched on the Deerfoot place just north of Steamboat Springs. His first wife, Eleanor Haller, died on Aug. 22,1938. On July 21,1962 he married Ruth Mathers at Hahn’s Peak. He was one of the last Routt County veterans of World War I. He was a life member of the local VFW post and a long-time member of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. At one time he served on the Hayden School Board. He leaves his widow; one son, Frank Harrison Jr. of Moses Lake, Wash.; three daughters. Ruby McFadden of Fort Collins, Mary Totman of Cortez and Lois Thornley of Steamboat Springs; one brother, C. Lewis Harrison of Denver; two sisters, Marjorie Marr of Pomona, Calif, and Ruth Willis of Wheatridge; 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three children, Lola Marceau, Floy and Dale Harrison; and by five grandchildren. [photo caption] A local VFW-American Legion colorguard gave a final farewell to Frank Harrison at Monday's services.
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- Frank Freeland Cable
- He worked in a factory manufacturing lockers in Connecticut before moving his family to Meeker, Colorado in 1915. In Meeker, he worked on a ranch, while he also prepared a homestead that he had taken out with his two brothers.